Blog Free, As Free As The Wind Blows

Didn't blog yesterday because everything was tired: my brain, my body, my words.

Important rule: do not eat strawberries right before bed because each of those little suckers act like tiny dilithium crystals. I was jazzed and energized, and not laying awake thinking about the daughter who's leaving next week. Nope, not me. I'm a manly man and don't let things like someone leaving for their own life get to me. Nope. (damn allergies)

I am now a fan of the recumbent bikes at the gym or, more accurately, my butt and back loves recumbents. I can jam on the pedals without straining certain unpleasant muscle groups, plus I can go so much faster. I may have to start saving my nickels and dimes for something like this, but this little cutie looks like a lot more fun.

From the internet:

"'Out of the Loop' On Iraq, Almighty Says
Days after the BBC reported that President George W. Bush claimed God told him to invade Iraq, the Almighty held a rare press conference today to say that He was "totally out of the loop" on the March 2003 invasion.

Reporters packed a meeting room at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. to hear the angry denial of the Supreme Being, who had not held a press conference in over half a year.

Dressed in a white robe and sporting his trademark long, flowing beard, God told a reporter that the president's version of events was "bogus," adding, "Dude, I don't even know the guy."

The King of the Universe then showed reporters detailed phone logs from March 2003 revealing that He had no conversations with President Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, or anyone else involved in the decision to invade Iraq.

While the logs showed no conversation with the president, they did indicate that on March 24 of that year God placed a call to actress Nicole Kidman to congratulate her on winning the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "The Hours."

In what some saw as a particularly sarcastic rebuke of the president, God offered this possible explanation of Mr. Bush's claim that He had told him to invade Iraq: "Maybe he has me confused with Dick Cheney."

Elsewhere, the Department of Homeland Security said that the recent terror threat to New York City was "specific but non-credible," and that so was the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court."

The Red Sox are gone. Boo.
The Yankees are gone. Yay.
The Braves are gone. Boo.
The Padres are gone. Who?
Cardinals versus Astros. I hate them both.
The A's Killers (Angels) versus the Chicago Junior League Team.
Yuck, Yuck, Yuck. The World Series is gonna be tough to watch this year.

Distance: 5.03 miles
Time: 20:00 minutes
348 calories burned
One week until the USN :...( (damn allergies)